Foster carers receive MBEs from The Queen

Archived: Posted May 29, 2015

Two of our foster carers who were named in the New Year’s Honours List have received their MBEs from The Queen

Ahead of Foster Care Fortnight (1-14 June) two of our foster carers from the North East who were recognised in the New Year’s Honours List for Services to Children and Families have collected their MBEs from The Queen in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.

Ian and Linda Greener from Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, were both been awarded MBEs for their 20 years of dedication to fostering, over which time they’ve fostered more than 100 young people.

Our fostering heroes were nominated by two of the young people they have fostered throughout the years.

Mick Austin, operations director at Foster Care Associates said: “We are immensely proud of the fantastic work done by our foster carers, and to see Ian and Linda’s dedication to the children and young people they have looked after recognised in this way is wonderful. Foster carers are often the unsung heroes of children’s services, but the work they do can make a profound and positive difference to the lives of children in their care. We hope that this prestigious honour will help to inspire potential future carers to consider this rewarding and life-changing career.”

Commenting on her experience as a foster carer, Linda Greener MBE said: “I have the best job in the world and this recognition is just the icing on the cake for myself and Ian, and we were immensely proud to collect our MBEs from The Queen. We’ve had the opportunity to make positive differences to dozens of young people in our care by providing opportunities and encouragement to give them confidence and grow.

“And, thanks to Foster Care Associates we’ve been provided with all the support and training needed to be able to meet the needs of all our looked after children and young people, whatever their situation.”

From the very beginning we provides ongoing support to all of our carers, and we’re dedicated to providing all the advice they need to make a positive impact on the children they look after.

For the Greeners, fostering is a family passion, with their own grown up birth children actively involved, including their daughter, a qualified social worker, who also works in foster care.

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